Nice to eat you! Heartstopping moment a massive shark approaches an unwitting surfer who makes a crucial move at the last second
- A two-metre long grey nurse shark was spotted at Avoca Beach on NSW’s coast
- The shark swam up to a surfer, touching their surfboard before darting away
- The two surfers were left startled but unharmed as the large shark disappeared
- Grey nurses are generally not aggressive to humans but have attacked before
Drone footage has captured the heart-stopping moment a shark stalked a surfer before swimming up to him to take a closer look.
The video was filmed by Mark Zucconi, 53, at Avoca Beach on New South Wales’ Central Coast in July when he noticed the grey nurse shark stalking a group of swimmers.
The footage shows the two-metre long shark approaching a surfer from right underneath his board, who in the last second made a crucial decision.
The two-metre long grey nurse shark was spotted swimming underneath a surfer at Avoca Beach in New South Wales (pictured)
The shark was seen swimming between two men who were paddling out towards a large school of fish.
As the surfers paddled on their boards, the shark moved underneath one of them.
The surfer – who saw the animal at the last minute – managed to quickly lift his legs up to his board in fear of getting bitten by the large animal.
The shark then darted away from the startled surfer.
The surfer managed to lift his legs up onto his board before the creature darted off towards a nearby school of fish (pictured)